Telegram Sam
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Posted - 2013.10.08 04:42:00 -
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I think it's almost impossible to absolutely fit into the lore. If you say, "The Gallente merchant looked up from his dish of wine-poached fish," you're assuming that there are fish in New Eden. Unless you've seen fish mentioned somewhere in the prime fiction, of course. At some point you have to make some assumptions, or all you can do is recycle a limited number of items and concepts from the canon.
For the current content at least, I don't think the judges will deduct points for adding items, technology, etc. that don't exist in the canon. For example, a custom monocle or artificial hand would be OK. What they could deduct points for is if you have something happen that directly contradicts events or facts that are plainly stated in the lore. Say, you're writing about the founding of the Sisters of EVE, and you say they were formed as an Amarr splinter religious sect interested in aiding slaves. Whereas the EVElopedia entry says "The Sisters were originally founded as a neutral aid organization during the Gallente-Caldari War." By saying they were an Amarr splinter sect, you're directly contradicting a set fact that's stated in the lore. That's different than speculating on a technology or item that might exist in New Eden (such as an artificial hand or a custom monocle).
On the other hand, you could have Blood Raiders infiltrating and attacking a space station, and not be violating canon. There may be no example of that kind of attack in the prime fiction, but as long as your Blood Raiders and space station generally behave like their counterparts in the lore, you're not violating the canon. You're using existing entities from the canon to tell a new story.
Basically, adding things not found in the lore is probably OK, but changing things that are already in the lore isn't. But as you said, inventing major things like time travel or a new sentient alien species is too much. But you could do that in the non-lore-faithful category (of this particular contest).
Kind of a complicated topic, I hope all of that didn't just add more confusion....
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Telegram Sam
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Posted - 2013.10.08 19:01:00 -
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I see your point, Horatius. The two statements aren't necessarily directly contradictory. I suppose with some explaining, a story could "state its case" about the addition to/extrapolation on the canon. That might be safe in terms of not getting points deducted. I think it could be risky, though, if the addition weren't properly laid out and justified. Perhaps our lore expert judges will weigh in on their standards for a penalizable violation of the canon. |